World’s Oldest Cheese Found on 3,600-Year-Old Mummies

World’s Oldest Cheese Found on 3,600-Year-Old Mummies

Picture of the oldest cheese found in the world. Credit: fs999 / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. A strange white substance found recently on the heads and necks of mummies in China has turned out to be the world’s oldest cheese. Scientists first found this substance about twenty years ago on mummies buried at the Xiaohe Cemetery in China’s Tarim Basin. After years of research, recent DNA tests have revealed that this mystery material is kefir cheese. This soft…